Jane Friedman
This is part rant, part advice. I don't write this post as if my needs were everyone's. But it's frustrating ...
by Emilie Ogez / Flickr To some, I may appear productive. But like many, I'm a horrible procrastinator. I try ...
I recently received the following question from working writer Shannon Traphagen: I have been fervently working on my novel (I ...
I'm starting to find that the same dilemmas come up again and again when I talk with a group about ...
It's pleasure to bring you this insightful Q&A with writer Sean Platt. As his own website states, Sean Platt writes ...
Last year, when I became a professor at the e-media department at the University of Cincinnati, I started working with ...
In case you missed it, my monthly column at Writer Unboxed was posted yesterday: A Checklist for Marketing Your E-Book ...
I've been keeping an eye on John Carpenter and his book project ever since we first started having conversations on ...
I've known John Warner since my days as an acquisitions editor at F+W Media. He is among the most decent, ...
"Don't allow your wounds to transform you into someone you are not." —Paulo Coelho It doesn't happen often, but every ...
In celebration of Labor Day, Open Road Media has produced a video that features writers talking about the jobs they ...
In the latest Glimmer Train bulletin, there's an amazing piece by Melanie Rae Thon, "The Heart Breaks, and Breaks Open: ...
Last week, I discussed how you can waste your time trying to get published. You can also waste your time ...
Today, Michael Hyatt is featuring a 12-minute interview with me on his blog. We talk about the following: How important ...
I am always sincere, but never serious. —Alan Watts When I started my first professional blog, I struggled to give ...
Don't you wish someone could tell you if you're wasting your time trying to be a writer? Or if you're ...
It doesn't occur to most writers that there is "free" money—from government and nonprofit foundations—that is available to support creative ...
Facebook is the No. 1 most popular website in the United States in terms of visits, which means it's more ...
Amy Stolls is the author of The Ninth Wife, a novel just released from HarperCollins as a paperback original. The ...
"The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his ...
The e-book publishing landscape is changing fast—with new services, new terms, and new formats. Despite the pace of change, here ...
I've found Twitter—and many aspects of social media—somewhat tricky to teach. Why? Here are 3 reasons to start: Using social ...
A list on my work monitor I love making lists. Big-picture lists, daily lists, grocery lists, checklists … you name ...
Platform Inventory Worksheet, reduced size Last weekend at the Midwest Writers Workshop, I offered a workshop on author platform building ...
At the Midwest Writers Workshop, an agent panel gave some wonderful, straightforward advice about how to construct your pitch. You ...
Back in 2008, a smart guy named Brian Solis created the Conversation Prism (above), and wrote a blog post titled ...
I've been offering writing and publishing advice for a long time. So I thought it might be time to create ...
On the last day of April 2008, I launched my first professional blog, There Are No Rules. Every day since ...
From "Writing and Winning" by Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker (October 18, 2010). Click here to read the full piece ...
From "Later" by James Surowiecki, The New Yorker (October 11, 2010). Click here to read the full article online. But ...
From "Talent Grab" by Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker (October 11, 2010) … a parallel revolution was taking place in ...
I don't think my age is a secret, but just to be clear: I'm 34. Sometimes when I speak at ...
When I attended TEDxCincy in October 2010, there was one session where I was furiously taking notes: the session by ...
From Solitude by Anthony Storr: Human beings need a sense of being part of a larger community than that constituted ...
One of the classes I'm teaching at CCM requires me to study up on the history and practice of public ...
From an interview with Clay Shirky over at the Barnes and Noble Review: I’ve always adopted the Bill Burroughs mantra, ...
As I was reading Chapter 4 of Here Comes Everybody, I was struck at how Shirky's description of the power ...
From Bill Murray interview in Entertainment Weekly (via TerryStarbucker.com): “I just really want to work when I want to work ...
Snippets from "Publish or Perish" by Ken Auletta (New Yorker, April 26, 2010). You MUST go read the full article ...
There are a few people I read religiously for insight and perspective on work/business life. Probably on the top of ...
From Kenny Moore's blog post, "Losing Your Job? Psychological, Spiritual & Practical Advice." This is the most meaningful discussion I ...
My job as Writer's Digest publisher often leads people to remark what a great life I have. So young, so ...
I'll start by saying that I have always advised writers in good faith. I would never suggest a writer undertake ...
From "Beyond the Elevator Speech" by Michael Carroll, Shambhala Sun (March 2010) My survey indicates that most of us think we want ...
From "We Can Measure the Power of Charisma", Q&A with Alex Pentland, Harvard Business Review (Jan-Feb 2010); read full article at ...
No talented person stays at a company for a paycheck or a sense of security. Talented people stay because they ...